🎂 Vanilla birthday cake

10 servings · prep 40 min · cook 30 min

Ingredients

• 350 g flour
• 350 g sugar
• 250 g soft butter
• 4 eggs
• 250 ml milk
• 1 tbsp baking powder
• 2 tsp vanilla, a pinch of salt
• Buttercream for the frosting

Method

1. Heat the oven to 175 °C and butter two 20 cm tins, lining the bases with baking paper.
2. Take the butter, eggs and milk out ahead of time: everything at the same temperature is what stops the batter splitting.
3. Beat the butter and sugar 5 min until very pale, then add the eggs one at a time.
4. Fold in the flour, baking powder and salt in three goes, alternating with the milk and vanilla.
5. Divide between the tins and bake 28 to 30 min.
6. Cool completely, level the tops with a knife, then stack the cake with buttercream between the layers and all over the outside.

Adapted from Nick's Kitchen (YouTube)

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